Measuring apparatus.



PATENTED SEPT. 10, 1907.

D. BERENBBRG. MEASURING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 22, 1906.

INVENTOI? ATTORNEY WITNESSES: a. 6. M

UNITED STATES" DAVID BERENBERG, OF ST. JOSEPH, MISSOURI.

' MEASURING APPA RATUS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 10, 1907.

Application filed June 22,1906. Serial No.322,948.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVID BERENBERG, a citizen of the United States,residing at St. Joseph, in the county of Buchanan and State of Missouri,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in MeasuringApparatus, of which the following is a specification, reference beinghad therein to the accompanying drawing.

My invention relates to improvements in measuring apparatuses, formeasuring persons, and especially such as are designed for the taking ofmeasurements for identification purposes; and the objects of myimprovements, are, first; to provide a measuring apparatus in whichevery facility shall be provided for the taking of measurements ofpersons, with the utmost speed, accuracy and convenience, and be formedof durable and substantial parts, so simple in construction andoperation, that any one of good intelligence may successfully operate myapparatus, without any other teaching than the information obtained froma careful reading of the following specification, thus renderingpersonal training of the operator of my apparatus, unnecessary; second:to so construct and arrange the parts of a measuring apparatus, thatthey shall embody means for the compact storing and safe handling andtransporting of all the detachable parts of my apparatus and also forother arti- 'cles, required as accessories in the practical use of myinvention, thus avoiding inconvenience in storing, handling andtransporting my apparatus and said accessories. BI attain these objectsby the mechanism illus- 'trated in the accompanying drawing, in whichFigure l. is afront view of certain parts, in combination-with atransverse section of the other parts, cut on the line 11, seen in Fig.2. Fig. 2. is a side elevation.

35 Fig. 3. is a view of the base, opened for the reception of thedetachable parts, and is drawn in perspective. Fig. 4. is a transversesection, cut on the line H, seen in Fig. 2., certain parts being omittedto avoid confusion.

The preferred form of my apparatus consi ts of a number of measuringdevices, mounted on a base, in which is a number of compartments,suitably arranged for the reception of all the detachable, parts of my.invention, and also a compartment for the reception of other articles,required as accessories in the practical use of my apparatus, ashereinafter fully described.

The measuring devices comprise the following parts, a platform or base1, two glass plates 2, secured on said base 1, as seen in Fig. 1., twoscales of measure 3 and 3, which are made to show both English and me" isystems of measurement, and are secured benealglass plates 2, two tubefootings 5, the tube footing 6 two brace footings 7, and the abutmentstrips 4 and 4 are rigidly'secured on base 1, as seen; two tubes 5, twointernal couplings 5 having their lower parts secured in the upper endsof tubes 5, as seen in Fig. 4., two tubes 9, having their lower endstelescoped on the upper ends of couplings 5 and their upper ends held inplace in the socketed extremities of tie piece tube 11, having a collar11, secured on its upper end and adapted to support tube 11, by restingon shoulder 10, formed with tie piece 10; tube 12, having collar 12secured thereon at its lower end, and the right and left threadedcoupling 13, by which tubes 11 and 12 are screwed together, until collar12 is drawn against the lower end of footing 6, form the frame work ofthe measuring devices. The two knee brackets 14, (see Fig. 2.) are eachprovided with two slot shaped apertures 14, for the reception ofsuitable straps, (not shown) and two split collars 15, provided withthumbscrews 15, for tightening collars 15 on tubes 9, form thoroughlyadjustable means for securing the knees of the person, (not shown) whosemeasurements are to be taken. The leg bracket 16, provided with handle16, supported by the hand of said operator, is detachably held andguided on tube 11 by its hooked shaped projections 17 and 18, whichtogether with the English scale 34 and the metric scale 35, on tube 11,form the leg measuring means. -Tube 19, slidably telescoped in tubes 11and 12, the two piece collar 20, pivotally secured on tie piece '10 byscrew 21, and thumb screw 22, for tightening collar 20 on tube 19, formvertically and rotatably adjustable means for supporting the followingparts.

Secured on the upper end of tube 19 is the hinge bracket 23, on whichrests and is hinged, the split sleeve, 24, provided with hinge pivot andthumb screw 26, for tightening split sleeve 24 on the horizontallysupported tube 27, on the right end of which is removably secured theextension tube 27, by the screw threaded coupling 28, as seen in Fig. 1.0n the free end of tube 27 is secured the end piece 29, and the oppositeend piece 30 is secured on the exposed end of tube 31, slidable in tubes27 and 27"which together with the English scale 32 and the metric scale33, on tube 31, form the arm measuring means. The head plate 36,slidable on tube 27 'is adjustably secured on said tube by thumb screw37, and together with their supports and the English scale 38 and themetric scale 39, on tube 19, form the height measuring means. In headplate 36 is the slot 40 through which is passed the tape line 41., onthe one side of which is the English scale 42 and on the other side ofsaid line is the metric scale 43, for taking the face, head, abdomen andsuch other measurements of said person, as may be desired. Slot 40dctachably holds tape line 41, in plain view of said operator and at aconvenient height. Where tubes 19 and 31 are too long to be stored inbase 1, said tubes are each formed of two pieces, coupled together byordinary internal screw threaded couplings (not shown). The horizontaltubes 27 and 27 (seen in Fig. 1) are brought to the position indicatedby dotted lines 27, (seen in Fig. 2) by rotating sleeve 24 on its hingepivot 25, for rendering said tubes unobstructive, when not in use.

Referring to Fig. 3., compartment 44, in base 1, holds two racks 45,(only one of which is visible) for securely storing one half of thepreviously described tubes, the lid 46, hinged to base 1, by hinges 46,carries two racks 47, for storing the remaining half of said tubes, incompartment 44; leaf 48 is adapted to close to the position seen in Fig.l .v and keep said tubes in their respective racks, as described. Lid 46is provided with any suitable lock for locking the free edge of said lidto the edge of base 1, as indicated at 49.

Referring to Fi 3., in the base 1, are the compartments.50, for thereception of all detachable parts, such as knee brackets 14, bracket 16,etc. In base 1 is also arranged the compartment in which is stored suchaccessories as are usually required or the recording and filing ofmeasurements, of which is shown the pigeon-hole cabinet 51, in which isa series of pigeon holes 52, provided with the alphabetical index 53,and books of record 54, are stored in said pigeon-holes, after whichbase 1 may be closed, lid 46 be locked, as described, and all the partsof my invention and said accessories be conveniently transported byhandle 49 which is secured on base 1.

In the operation of my invention, the person, (not shown,) and whosemeasurements are to be taken, is placed, usually in a nude state,standing with one foot on one of the glass plates 2, and the other foot(in the other one of the glass plates 2, with the heels of said personsfeet abutted by strips 4 and the inner edges of said feet abutted bystrip 4, at which time scales 3 will show length of each of said feet,while scales 3 will show the width of each of said feet, respectively.Should it be found necessary, the previously described knee securingmeans are applied, and if required, the person may be strapped orotherwise secured to tie piece 10, by straps passed around the body ofsaid person, and which are not shown. The operator, (not shown,) byhandle 16 (see Fig. 2.) applies leg bracket 16, in the position seen,projecting said bracket between the legs of said person and raises saidbracket until its upper surface is stopped by contact with the trunk ofsaid person, at which time the correct leg measurement of said personwill be seen on scales 34 and 35, where the upper edge of hook 17 restsagainst tube 11.

The previously described parts of the height measuring devices areplaced in position, as seen in Fig. 2, and adjusted to the properposition to bring the head plate, 36-over and lightly resting on thehead of said person, at which time the lowest visible part of scales 38and 39 on tube 19 will show correctly the height of said person, andsaid position of parts may be retained as desired by tightening thumbscrew 22; with tape-line 41; desired face, head and other measurementsare taken, after which, the arm measuring parts are placed in positionas seen in Fig. 1 and adjusted to bring the end pieces 29 and 30 againstthe tips of the fingers of said person, whose arms are outstretchedbetween said end pieces, at which time, the last visible character (nextthe end of tube 27) of the scales 32 and 33 will show the correct armmeasurement.

I am aware that a variety of devices, having structural features,differing from mine in some respects,

could be devised and while I have shown and described my invention inthe foregoing manner, it is evident that I wish to reserve the right tochange or modify the 'arious parts of my invention, from time to time ascircumstances may require, without departing from the spirit of myinvention, therefore,

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a measuring apparatus, a platform or base, provided with suitablestoring compartments therein; two scales of measure, on said base,adapted to show the re spective measurements of the full length of thetwo feet of a person standing thereon; a plain, fixed abutment strip,adapted to abut and stop the inner sides of said feet; in combinationwith a plain, fixed heel abutment strip secured on said bhse, and twoscales of measure, adapted to show the measurements of the full width ofsaid feet; all of said scales being provided with glass coverings,secured on said base.

2. A measuring apparatus comprising a base, a braced frameworkdetachably secured on said base, composed of two uprights and a tiepiece on the upper ends of said uprights, and a tube centrally situatedbetween said uprights, whereby said frame work is secured together; twoknee securing brackets each being provided with suitable apertures forthe reception of suitable straps, slidable securing means, for slidablysecuring said brackets, one on each of said uprights.

A measuring apparatus, comprising a base, a suitably braced verticaltube, detachably secured on said base, a smaller tube, provided withscales of measure thereon, and telescoped and slidable in said verticaltube, clamping means for holding said smaller tube at any desiredheight, a horizontal tube, adjustably secured on the upper end of saidsmaller tube and a head plate adjustably secured on said horizontaltube; the whole adapted to be operated as a height measuring device.

4. A measuring apparatus comprising a base, a suitably braced verticaltube, detachably secured on said base, a smaller tube, provided withscales of measure thereon, and telescoped and slidable in said verticaltube, clamping means, for holding said smaller tube at any desiredheight, a horizontal tube adjustably secured on the upper end of saidsmaller tube, a smaller horizontal tube, provided with scales of measurethereon, and slidable in said horizontal tube, and two end pieces, oneof which is secured on'the free end of each of said horizontal tubes;the whole adapted to be operated as an arm measuring device.

5. A measuring apparatus, comprising a base, a braced framework,detachably secured on said base, composed of two uprights, and a tiepiece, on the upper ends of said uprights. a vertical tube, centrallysituated between said uprights and supported by said frame-work, andprovided with one or more scales of measure, thereon; in combinationwith a bracket, provided with a handle and means whereby said bracketmay be detachably attached to and be slidable on said vertical tube, thewhole adapted to be operated as a leg measuring device.

6. A measuring apparatus comprising a base, a vertical tube. suitablybraced and secured on said base, a smaller tube, telescoped and slidablein said vertical tube, a horizontal tube, adjustably mounted on theupper end of said smaller tube, a head plate, provided with a slot, andslidably mounted on said horizontal tube, and a tape-line, adapted to bedetachably held in said slot.

7. A measuring apparatus, comprising a base, a vertical tube. detachablybraced and detachahly secured on said base. a smaller tube, slidable insaid vertical tube, a hinge bracket, secured on the upper end of saidsmaller tube, a split sleeve. hinged to said hinge bracket, a horizontaltube, slidable in, and adjustably secured in said split sleeve andmeasuring devices on said horizontal tube, the whole adapted to allowsaid horizontal tube to be brought to a vertical position, by therotation of said hinged split sleeve, upon the hinge, by which saidsplit sleeve is hinged to said hinge-bracket.

8. A measuring apparatus, comprising a. base, two sep' arably jointeduprights, detachably secured on said base, two braces, detachablysecured to said uprights and to said base, as shown, a vertical tube,provided with suitable scales of measure thereon, and composed of twoparts, adapted to be secured together by a right and left threadedcoupling, a detachably jointed smaller tube, slidable in said verticaltube a separably jointed horizontal tube detachably mounted on the upperend of said smaller tube and a smaller horizontal tube, slidable in saidhori- 10 zontal tube, a slotted head plate detachably and adjustablysecured on said smaller horizontal tube; knee brackets,

